this is the bay area's news station, kron 4 news at 11:00 p.m., starts now. breaking news. >> swing and a miss. he struck him out and the oakland athletics are going to the post season. unbelievable. >> the o'sland a's are on their way to the -- the oakland a's are on their way to the post season. oakland is now guaranteed a wildcard spot, their first trip to the playoffs since 2006. but that is not all, if they sweep this season ending series with the rangers they will capture the american league west title. our sports director gary radnich will have more coming

up in sports. there is breaking news tonight, the body of one of two fishermen who went missing yesterday morning was discovered tonight by his family who were searching. no word on which fisherman was found near pigeon point south of half moon bay. this is video of the boat. it capsized by a large wave on sunday after leaving the marina. the boat washed ashore and got stuck on these rocks. four men were on board, two were wearing life jackets, they swam to shore, the other two went missing. the coast guard suspended their such but family continued to search and they found the body about 6:30 p.m. tonight. tonight the albany middle school school teacher accused of molesting a student is dead, it appears james izumizaki took

his life. kron 4's jr spent the afternoon at albany middle school. >> reporter: a very emotional day at albany middle school right here. james izumizaki was not only a math teacher but a coach and someone involved with student government. i saw teachers who were in tears this afternoon and came across students who were speechless. students called him mr. i. he was accused of a inproperty relationship -- improper relationship with a student. even with the accusations, those i talked with stud up for him. >> the district called her mom and she told me he died. he killed himself. >> first thing i did was went to my room and cried. i mean, my friend called me around 3:30 p.m. and when i got the news i

didn't believe it. >> i feel everyone has their own opinion about it. some people think he did, some don't, some people love him. >> i look back on those days, i think what could i have done to be a better friend to him. >> i think everyone is depressed right now, he was a great teacher. most people had him, people keep saying he was the best math teacher. >> reporter: those from the school district will speak tuesday morning about james izumizaki. as for the circumstances behind the mullitation police haven't said. jr stone, kron 4 news. >> deputy cans found his body in a car about 10:30 a.m. this morning. he explains the scene that investigators found and what led them to believe it was a suicide. >> when the officers got here they found a person who had

committed suicide. he was in a vehicle and he did leave messages that would indicate suicide. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> part of the investigation. and -- anything that was found goes into evidence. so we are not releasing that information at this time. keep you say --keep you say if there there was a good -- [ inaudible question ] >> consistent with somebody that committed suicide. no fire arm involved. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] inname and the association -- the name and the association -- [ inaudible question ] >> when we found out who the person was we immediately notified the police department because they had a pending

case. >> officials learned of the misconduct by james izumizaki last monday. officials placed him on leave that day and then on wednesday police arrested him and started investigating the allegations. the teacher was released on bail after being booked into jail. no charges had yet been filed. stay with kron 4 news as we continue to follow developments. the trial starts for the woman accused of killing a nursing student, prosecutors say giselle esteban stocked and murdered michelle le. all because giselle esteban blamed the victim for ruining her relationship with her baby's father. michelle le disappeared in may of 2011. her body was found months later. kron 4's haaziq madyun was in court where giselle esteban faced murder charges. >> reporter: jealousy turns to hatred and rage, that is how

the prosecution described giselle esteban here at the courthouse in oakland. 2 dozen people filled the courtroom, including members of michelle le's family, some who became shaken when photos of the bones were shown to the jury. the prosecution found dna evidence belonging to o.j. on michelle le -- belonging to giselle esteban on michelle le's car and threatsenning text -- threatening text messages from giselle esteban. haaziq madyun, kron 4 news. we want to talk about this hot weather, it was hot all over the bay area today. it is warm tonight but more hot weather is due tomorrow. >> if you didn't like today you are probably not going to like tomorrow. it was hot today and we have similar temperatures tomorrow. today we saw lot of 90s out

there. triple digits in places like santa rosa, 101. 100 in livermore. we didn't set record high temperatures for this day but it was hot from the inland to the north bay and close to the coast line. 90 degrees in san francisco today. 82 in half moon bay. 81 daily city. 90s through the peninsula and bay shore locations, same in the south bay and same for tomorrow. we will have more coming up. an amtrak train carrying 169 passengers from oakland to bakersfield derailed when a big rig collided with the train. two cars were pushed in the crash, causing the train to run off the tracks. it traveled 600 feet before coming to a stop. authorities say 20 passengers suffered miner to moderate injuries such as scrapes and

bruises and possibly broken bones. the truck driver only suffered minor injuries. coming up later in the broadcast, the a's pour champagne tonight and the giants and the dodgers. later in this broadcast.

new tonight at 11:00 p.m. a man was injured in a shooting tonight in san francisco. police responded to reports of shot fired in the block of broad street. the officer said when officers responded to the area they found evidence there had been an injury shooting and they locked down the area. later a man arrived at the hospital suffering from a gun shot wound. according to the officer. police are continuing to investigate the shooting. and a man was injured in a shooting earlier today at san

francisco -- no. we want to move on. a judge suspended the proceedings against a suspect in the oikos university shooting. one goh's lawyer questioned his mental competency to stand trial. they will report their findings next week. he is accused of killing 7 people at oikos university. he has been charged with 7 counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. he is being held without bail. nearly 11:15 p.m. and temperatures are still in the 80s in the bay area. i will show you how warm it will get tomorrow, coming up.

decision 2012, two days before the first presidential debate. both president obama and mitt romney have been hunkered down in practice sessions. catherine heenan has details. >> reporter: if mitt romney stumbles wednesday night it wasn't be for lack of preparation. president obama who has bib ahead -- been ahead in the polls, he reetreated -- retreated to nevada for preparations. >> mitt romney is a good

debater. i am just okay. >> reporter: mitt romney's team is trying to manage expectations. >> president obama is a very gifted speaker. >> reporter: only chris christie didn't get the memo, promising mitt romney's performance will be a game changer. >> wednesday night, you will see the numbers move right back in the other direction. >> reporter: mitt romney has to come across as likable and lay out a contrast with the president. president obama is trying to make sure he is not long winded and preachy and one politician says he should not hope for great drama. >> i can't remember the last time there was one of these comments that grabbed everybody's attention, they are too well prepared. >> reporter: the obama campaign got an odd endorsement, venezuela's presidents said if he were an american he would

vote for president obama. catherine heenan, kron 4 news. >> kron 4 will air the debate unrapted on our -- uninterrupted on wednesday night 6:00 p.m. and you can tune in to comcast channel 193 or our over the air digital channel. it was hot out there today and remains warm in the bay area this evening. 85 degrees in antioch. 70 in river more. 75 in san jose and 72 in san francisco. how often do we see that? over night, no fog. clear skies all around the bay area and off shore at this hour. it will be mild out there tomorrow morning. as you can tell by the warm temperatures at this hour. we will warm up quickly and another day of 80s and 90s. look neighborhood by neighborhood in the south bay first. 90s across the board.

95 los gatos and cupertino. 93 san jose. inland valleys, 90s for triple digits tomorrow. 99 antioch. 97 concord. 100 livermore. east bay shores, 80s and 90s. 85 oakland. 90 hayward. 92 fremont. along the coast line, cooler, winds start to return. we will see 70s coast side. 74 ocean beach. 72 half moon bay. 61 in san francisco -- 81 in san francisco. but the temperatures drop into the afternoon hours. we will hit the ones long the coast line at 1:00 p.m. north bay, a not of a 90s -- lot of 90s tomorrow. 96 napa. for fleet week, morning fog, afternoon sunshine and low to mid-60s. cooling on the way into wednesday. we will he bought inland, but

not as hot as tomorrow. thursday and friday getting cooler. 60s and 70s. and we will stay that way through the weekend. and kron 4 is your fleet week station, the events start in 48 hours. and the blue angels show on saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. kron 4's grant lodes has more. the blue angels are bay area bound. the fleet week celebration starts this wednesday, october 3. the blue angels take to the skies the next day, thursday, october 4, with a practice session from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on friday, october 5, another blue angels practice. this from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. saturday signals the start of

the anticipated weekend activities. 11:00 a.m. ships. last year kron 4 was the only station aboard the aircraft carrier. >> from the uss carl vincent. leading the parade of ships under the golden gate bridge. part of fleet week. you see the sailors manning the rails. the air show is both saturday october 6 and sunday oct7 from 1230 -- october 7 from 12:30 p.m. the blue angels from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. saturday and sunday afternoon. sunday features an america's cup race from 1:50 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the afternoon and kron 4 will be there to cover it all. grant lodes, kron 4 news. >> kron 4 is bringing you the blue angels show live, we will

bring you the sights and sounds, it will be hosted by mark and george, kron 4's blue angels live, saturday october 6 at 3:00 p.m. >> the giants try and eliminate the dodgers from the post season, gary has highlights ahead and more on the a's big night as they clinch their first playoff birth in 6 years. gary has all the sports next. vo: for years, sacramento politicians have chopped away funds for our schools.

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good evening -- all right. good evening, everybody., the a's will be part of the post season. jared parker took the pound for the a's. texas rangers trying to wrap up the american league west title. coco crisp show, gave the a's a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth. the a's with a win, hey, they are on to the post season at least as a wildcard team. 4-3. top 9, let's wrap it up. >> swing and a miss. he struck him out and the oakland athletics are going to the post season. unbelievable. >> they have to play tomorrow night, a win tomorrow night they tie the rangers for the division title and then have a do or die on wednesday but at the least they secure a one

game playoff and it is pie time to the clubhouse celebration. [ cheers ] >> winning this ball game, we got to come out tomorrow, we are not going to raise it just yet but we are going to enjoy it. [ cheers ] >> you have been around the bay area a while you might have to go back to -- you know, 1980 when the 49ers after a 2-14 and 6-10 season game back to win the super bowl to find a more improbable team than the oakland a's. one more time, they have to win tomorrow to try and move on to wednesday's championship game in the division. interesting to see after all

the partying tonight who went home and who kept going. but great, great night for the a's. the giants tried to eliminate the dodgers tonight. holding on to a slim chance to get into the post season. buster posey .336. mccutchen. buster unless he goes crazy will be the batting champion and herrera, 2-2, bases loaded, dodgers win 3-2. their 6th straight win. they are watching st. louis play cincinnati and if st. louis lose two more then the dodgers tie them for a playoff spot. they would have to have their own playoff. the giants this weekend plays cincinnati or washington, whoever has the poorer record.

right now they both have 96 wins. the national clinch tonight because atlanta loss so the national clinch their first title since 2005. they had a loss, but then again it was party time swell. individually, one of the great stories, miguel cabrera, hasn't happened since 1967, four hits tonight, takes over the lead with 44 home runs. leads the american league in home runs, batting average and runs batted in. the last guy to do that, 1967. tigers beat the royals and cabrera has to rock steady the final two games and he will be a part of history. monday night football, dallas wasn't good. 14-12 since the stadium was built. cutler finds hester for the

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